From The Washington Post:
The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.
EXCERPT:
Early last August, an envelope with extraordinary handling restrictions arrived at the White House. Sent by courier from the CIA, it carried “eyes only” instructions that its contents be shown to just four people: President Barack Obama and three senior aides.
The White House debated various options to punish Russia, but facing obstacles and potential risks, it ultimately failed to exact a heavy toll on the Kremlin for its election interference.
Inside was an intelligence bombshell, a report drawn from sourcing deep inside the Russian government that detailed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race.
But it went further. The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.
At that point, the outlines of the Russian assault on the U.S. election were increasingly apparent. Hackers with ties to Russian intelligence services had been rummaging through Democratic Party computer networks, as well as some Republican systems, for more than a year. In July, the FBI had opened an investigation of contacts between Russian officials and Trump associates. And on July 22, nearly 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee were dumped online by WikiLeaks.
Don’t want to hear anything about what 44 should have done.
I’ve said it before…44’s flaw has always been that he’s a good, decent LOYAL AMERICAN.
REMEMBER THIS..
He went to the ZEGK and Turtle and requested that they show a JOINT FORCE against hostile forces attacking American sovereignty.,
THEY PHUCKING REFUSED.
THEY CHOSE NOT TO.
BECAUSE THEY ARE TRAITORS TO THIS COUNTRY.
And, don’t even pretend that the Democrats would have backed up 44.
Harry Reid? Yes.
And, a handful of others, sure.
But, the purity ponies.
The professional left?
GTFOH.
Nope.
So, there would have been 44 out there….by himself, with few others..
the MSM up HIllary’s emails azz, not willing to cover the story, taking the Turtles and the right-wing claims that it’s not true…
Phuck outta here on what 44 coulda shoulda done.
The CIA got the information to the right folks – the FBI.
And, they phucked it up.
PS-Something that came to me…these breaches were voter purges. We thought that they came from good old Voter ID voter suppression. I no longer believe that. I believe that these voters were purged from Russia.Yep. You can’t do it in a state that isn’t close. But one that is close and has Voter ID for reasonable cover? Yes
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/879745119427153925
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/879400906101489665
I just recently read that McConnel as a child had polio and his family had to use government health care to get him well yet here he is as an adult trying to hinder others from getting important health care. I really wonder…. how evil can one be?
It’s the pure evil of these people….they’ll get help for themselves but hell if others get it. Pure cruel selfishness.
they really are scum thinking that they can blame 44 for the GOP being TRAITORS TO THIS COUNTRY
This is the funniest comment for me today from BJ:
THREAD
https://twitter.com/ColinKahl/status/878304356436660224?
Colin Kahl @ColinKahl
The White House wanted a bipartisan statement to warn & mobilize defenses. McConnell et
al refused.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.18d871fdb172 … 2/
Colin Kahl @ColinKahl
In the absence of a bipartisan statement, public responses coming directly from the Obama White House would likely have backfired. 3/
Colin Kahl @ColinKahl
Just think how Trump would’ve responded. First, he would’ve declared any Obama statement partisan “fake news”…4/
Colin Kahl @ColinKahl
Colin Kahl Retweeted RT
…& accused Obama of blaming Russia for something a 400-lb guy on his bed could’ve done. Remember this: https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/780601449034223616 … 5/
Colin Kahl @ColinKahl
Next, Trump would have used any related-actions by Obama as evidence that the President was trying to “rig the election” for Clinton. 6/
McConnell is one devious, evil MOFO
on point
an article on Bobby Three Sticks’ team:
excerpt:
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/878382684438921216?
Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha
Democrats: Trump colluded with Russia and the AHCA is really a tax cut for billionaires
Villager media: Democrats need better messaging
#ImpeachTrump
Black women didn’t need Obama to be more forceful on Russia to take a huge pass on voting for a racist xenophobic islamophobic bigot.
I just saw on the news that the REAL President(Obama) is in indonesia
https://twitter.com/Kennymack1971/status/878243358535057408
Kevin M. KruseVerified account @KevinMKruse
Just a reminder: Woodward and Bernstein never attended a White House briefing. They cracked Watergate from the Washington Post’s City Desk.
because they weren’t on big money’s PAYROLL.
Although, Woodward has since moved on to the dark side and is now busy playing footsie with the devil…
https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/878063854474764288?
Keep on talking smack about Bobby Three Sticks.
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Trump: It’s ‘Very Bothersome’ That Comey And Mueller Are ‘Good Friends’
JUNE 23, 2017 7:05 AM
In an interview with “Fox and Friends” set to air in full on Friday morning, President Donald Trump complained that special counsel Robert Mueller and former FBI Director James Comey are “good friends.”
“He’s very, very good friends with Comey, which is very bothersome, but he’s also — we’re gonna have to see,” Trump said when asked if he is going to fire Mueller in an excerpt published Thursday evening.
The President claimed that “the people” hired by Mueller to work on the Russia probe “are Hillary Clinton supporters.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-comey-mueller-good-friends
The only ‘upside’ from this madness, is watching republicans – courtesy of the buffoon and his idiotic alt-right cohorts and supporters – go to work tearing down, diminishing and discrediting some of their very own previously claimed and declared as their brightest and best patriots…And knowing that these men are too going to not only reclaim their previous good reputation, but will certainly reciprocate deservedly, in kind …and in ways that the attackers will hopefully, never ever recover from..
From POU:
“There was enough information already available that Dolt 45 in the WH was a disaster waiting to happen. The shoddy business record, his boorishness towards women, the racism, the blazingly obvious stupidity.”
I honestly cannot think of anything more that could have been revealed about Trump or the election prior to Nov 8 that would have moved his voters. They were already satisfied with a grotesque, crude, dishonest buffoon who was “gonna shake things up”. And, of course, all those jobs he was going to create. They were going to be walking in tall cotton in no time.
To say that if they had known about “Putin’s direct involvement in a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race” is really giving them way too much credit assuming they would even understand or believe it.
Trump voters are dumb as rocks.
Some are dumb, sure…but that’s not really the why for most of those who voted for and still support..
Yeah, I know, but voting ideology over your own bread and butter seems mighty dumb.
from POU:
Coats Tells House Investigators President Trump Seemed Obsessed with Russia Probe
JUN 22 2017, 6:08 PM ET
Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, told House investigators Thursday that President Trump seemed obsessed with the Russia probe and repeatedly asked him to say publicly there was no evidence of collusion, a U.S. official familiar with the conversation told NBC News.
Coats’ account is not new — it largely tracked with his story as previously reported by NBC News and other media outlets, the official said.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coats-tells-house-investigators-president-trump-seemed-obsessed-russia-probe-n775756
Los Angeles Times@latimes
Trump says he tweeted about tapes to influence Comey’s account of their private conversations
https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty/status/878268721026002945?
https://twitter.com/allanbrauer/status/878294469858123776?
REMINDER
Allan Brauer @allanbrauer 35m35 minutes ago
Harry was on his way out, and pushed as close to the line of revealing classified information as he could, and the media spat in his face.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/878289932896411653?
https://twitter.com/politico/status/878306432684355584?
https://twitter.com/DC_Resister_Bee/status/878215346041245696?
https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/878282837543182339?
meta @metaquest
Watch Trump & admin co-mingle & conflate voter fraud commission and Russian cyberwarfare as evidence they’re doing something about intrusion
https://twitter.com/DomenicoNPR/status/878302979639590912?